Stove attachment



(No Model.)

G. E. HOPKIN. Stove Attachment.

Patented Ju|y13,18r0. l

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eEoEeE E. EOPKIN, E PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

STOV E ATTAC H M ENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 229,824, dated July 13, 1880.

n Application filed April 26, 1880. (N o model.)

y To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEO. E. HOPKIN, of the city and county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a ne1 and useful Improvement in Stove and Ran ge Top Attach ments, Which improvement is fully set forth in thefollowin g specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

It is becoming quite commonto increase the capacity of the tops of stoves and ranges for holdin gpans, plates, and other dishes and cooking utensils by detachable outlying shelves having the same level or plane as the main top. These are commonly called Warming-shelves.

My present invention consists in providing within these shelves, and in such manner and form as not tol interfere with their ordinary use, a roller or bar for holding damp dish-towels or other cloths, when desired, for drying by the heat ofthe stove or range.

In the accompanying drawings,y Figure l is a top view; Fig. 2,'a cross-section taken on the line y y; Fig. 3, a cross-section taken on the line fr.

A A represents the top portion of the shelf, and B B B the side flanges. Gis the roller or support for towels. D D are the open pockets in which the roller is carried. d (l d show openingsin the castings to admit of pins ebeing used to keep the roller :from being lifted out by accident. E E are attachment-hooks,

and F a brace. When the edge of a stove or range is cast with apertures for these hooksE E, the prongs sliding under the top plate of the same, the brace F is brought to rest upon the side of it, and thus the shelf is made sufficiently firm for use. To remove it requires only to raise the outer edge and lift it olf.

I make the roller C preferably of wood, and

while I leave an abundant space in the shelf 4o itself for convenient access to it, I do not remove so much of the shelf as to injure it at all for its ordinary use as heretofore employed. Of course it is not essential that C should be made of wood, or that it should be round, or that it should be in the center of the shelf.

I have aimed to provide aconvenient towelrack within a Warming-shelf at a moderate cost, and without detracting from the utility of the same as heretofore used.

I am aware th at detachable shelves for stoves and ranges have been made and provided with sliding and swinging rods or supports for towels extending beyond their external borders, and which cannot be'used Without more horizontal space than the shelves alone require. l make no claim to shelf attachments of that kind.

What I claim isl. In combination with the shelfA A, having longitudinal opening therein, the roller or support C, substantially as shown.

2. The shelf A A, having pocketsD D, and the cast openin gs d d, in combination with the roller C, substantially as shown.

3. In combination with the shelf A A, having longitudinal opening therein, the pockets D D, carrying the roller C, and the cast openings l d for the pins e c.

JNO. W. FRANCIS, J. EDWARD HURSH. 

